Terms are displayed in alphabetical order. Glossary search results display a list terms that contain the requested character string or word(s). Click on terms to show their complete records. The gray "New Search" button returns you to the Glosary's "Search" page.

This is the results display for a search of terms containing the word “soil”:

Q. Can I use phrases?A. When searching for multi-word thesaurus terms, brief two or three-word noun/gerund phrases return the best results, such as:
herbicide resistance
nutritive value
continuous cropping

Do not enter searches in the form of a question or description:DO NOT SEARCH: Do you have irrigation words?SEARCH: irrigationDO NOT SEARCH: Show the economics words.SEARCH: economics

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